Evaluate Your Knowledge of the Spirit(ual)

When Jesus called to the disciples fishing off shore (all day without catching any fish),
“Cast your nets on the other side of the boat” - and when they did, the nets were full of fish –
was it because
1) Jesus knew where the fish were
2) Jesus could bring fish wherever he chose
3) Jesus wanted the disciples to follow his instructions
4) The disciples believed Jesus
5) The disciples followed Jesus instructions without thought, hesitation, or question
6) Coincidence
7) Random chance
8) It never happened
9) We are still investigating the incident and don’t know the answer yet
10) God rules

You do the next ten and we will discuss this again next week . . .

Jabberwocky . . . or NOT

Well, Bless my soul

King Milinda:
Is there such a thing as a soul?
Nagasena:
What is this O King, The Soul?
King Milinda:
The living principle within that:
sees forms through the eye
experiences taste through the tongue
smells odour through the nose
feels touch through the body
and discerns things through the mind?
.......just as we are sitting here in the Palace can look out of any window of which we wish to look. Through the East window, the West window, the South window or the North window?
Nagasena: I will tell you about the five doors, O Great King. Listen and give heed.
.......If the living principle within sees form through the eyes in the manner that you mentioned, choosing windows as it likes, can it not then be said, that not only can it see forms through the eyes but also through the other five organs of sense? Choosing to see forms through the organ of taste, perhaps?.
King Milinda: No Sir.
Nagasena: Then these powers are not united indiscriminately(not interconnected). Now as we are seated here in the palace with these windows all thrown open, and in full daylight, if only we stretch forth our head, we can see all kinds of objects plainly. Can the living principle, with the door of the eyes open wide, discern not only sight but also experience taste, hear sound and discern conditions?.
King Milinda: No Sir
Nagasena: Then this living principle, these powers, are not interconnected indiscriminately. They are not united. Now, Great King, if Dinna here were to go outside and stand in the gateway, would you be aware that he had done so?..
King Milinda: Yes. I should know it.
Nagasena: If the same Dinna were to come back again and stand before you, would you be aware of his having done so?.
King Milinda: Yes. I should know it.
Nagasena: So the same, O Great King, would the living principle be able to discern in the same manner as mentioned above, if anything possessing flavor were laid upon the tongue, and that it becomes aware of it's sourness, it's sweetness, it's saltiness or it's pungency?.
King Milinda: Yes. It would.
Nagasena: But when the flavor had passed into the stomach would it still be able to discern these things?.
King Milinda: No it would not.
Nagasena: Then these powers are not connected unto each other indiscriminately.
Suppose a man were to be tied up, with his mouth closed up, and thrown into a big pot filled with honey, and being unable to taste, would the man still be able to tell what was it that he is being thrown into?.
King Milinda: No Sir.
Nagasena: And why not, O Great King?
King Milinda: Because the honey could not get into his mouth.
Nagasena: Then these powers are not interconnected unto each other indiscriminately.
It is by reason, O King, of the eye and of forms that sight arises and then followed by contact, sensation, idea, thought, abstraction, sense of vitality and attention......all these arises simultaneously with it's predecessor and the same cause and effect applies to the

A conundrum is a kind of condom for the mind - It prevents conception - UNLESS IT LEAKS

De minimus is a finite concept (from the mind of mankind)
Da Kine is an infinite concept (from the mind of God)

It takes a village to raise a child
It takes a village to create a child
It takes a village to create a mind
It takes a village to use a mind

Literally true is not true
Virtual reality is not reality

Perfect is a miracle
Perfect is always
A miracle is always perfect

Creation is a miracle

It is literally true that
He knows when a sparrow
Falls from the sky

And it is literally true
That all have sinned and fallen short
Of the Glory of God

How shall they be saved
If they have not heard?

How shall they hear
If they know not how to listen

He who has ears
To hear
Let him hear…

If an ear listens in the forest
But there is no mind there to ‘hear’
Is there a sound???

truth . .

This is me, in a state of Hawaii

Truth must always be welcomed.

One who will not hear the truth cannot know the truth.

There is no label that will make truth untrue.

TRUTH, HONOR, LOVE, and VIRTUE are pure

To Thine Own Self Be True..

THE SPIRIT OF ALOHA UNDERSTANDS

…means simply and profoundly,

Never betray anyone.

SELFISHNESS and INSIGHT

Selfishness can be a Devil’s tool to blind us to who we really are.
We have the freedom of choice to reject any option, but our finite mind lacks the understanding to realize the importance of the choice, and so defaults to selfish or indulgent or reckless or foolhardy etc. etc.

It is usually not wise to fly on automatic pilot. Life is not that safe… and sometimes a smooth landing changes all that comes after.

There is a flight manual for each of us…

Mine is the Holy Bible

There Is No Greater Love . . .

THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE THAN THIS –THAT A FRIEND LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR A BROTHER (and the various gender variations) – one doesn’t have to die physically to lay down (ie give up) his/her life for a friend..

BUT TO KEEP THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE,
THERE IS A FRIEND THAT Stays CLOSER THAN A BROTHER,
AND ACTUALLY HAS THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL…

Today is Veteran's Day in the United States.